Ben Carson

Ben Carson (18 September 1951-) was a US Republican Party politician who ran for the GOP nomination in 2015 during the presidential elections of the United States.

Biography
Ben Carson was born on 18 September 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, United States to a poor family, and he was raised only by his mother, who relied on food stamps at times. He was of 20% European and 80% African descent, including from the Makua tribe of Mozambique. Carson had angry outbursts as a child, one time trying to hit his mother in the head with a hammer and trying to stab his friend with a knife when he tried to change the radio station in his car. However, he read the Book of Proverbs and never had another problem with temper, which would lead to his strong belief in Christianity, specifically the Seventh-day Adventist Church. During the Vietnam War he sympathized with the protesters and voted for US Democratic Party candidate George McGovern in 1972 in hopes of ending the war. In 1973 he graduated from Yale University with a major in psychology, and Carson became a brain surgeon. In 2008, he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his surgeries. In 2013 a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast earned him the support of several American conservatives, and Carson decided to enter politics by running for the US Republican Party nomination for President in 2015. He wrestled for the top spot in the Republican polls with the infamous Donald Trump, with both of them making controversial comments. Carson said that keeping track of Syrian refugees would be like "chasing rabid dogs", and his devout attitude towards Christianity was a defining feature of him.